The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1907 Page: 2 of 4
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THE MEGAPHONE.
Published every Friday during the
'-school year by the Students' Atssociation
«of Southwestern University.
Address all communications to The
iVlBCAPHONBi Georgetown, Texas.
THE HONOR COUNCIL.
Entered as second-class matter Sept.
36, 1907, at the post office at George-
town, Texas, under the act of Congress
-of March 3, , 1879, ,
"W. E. CLARK, . . Editor-in-Chief.
. V.COLE, . " Update
MISS KATE COLTRANE, j E,1,tors'
j. F. SIMPSON, Business Manager.
W. F; WRIGHT, lA8sist.„t
*T. R. STANFORD, J Managers.
Subscription price per year $10°
Single copy { . \ . . 5 Cents
Early next week the reporters
for the Megaphone will be appoint-
ed. The Constitution of the Stu-
dents Association states that the
Editor shall nominatet these report-
•ers. However, this has not been
-done without consultation with the
-Associate Editors and the English
Department.
^ We watit every body to give
■!hearty support to these reporters
sand in that case, we hope to put
■out a paper that wijl compare favor-
able with other college weeklies.
A WORTHY ENTERPRISE.
Last year there was launched in
this state an enterprize which ought
to be of interest to all who are inter-
ested in educational movements.
We refer to the Texas Chautauqua
Association of Dallas. Th6 officers
■of the Association are Hon. G. W.
Corroll of Beaumont, president; Mrs.
•Mattie R. Turner of Ft. Worth, vice
president; and Walter C. Swengelof
Dallas, secretary and general man
«ger-
Under the energetic leadership of
Mr. Swengel an excellent array of
talent was secured and the campaign
•opened on May the 10,1907 at Waco,
following the circuit Chatauqua plan
which has been so successful in Ill-
inois. Seventy-six Chatauquas were
held in the State, including some of
the largest towns, as Houston, Waco
Beaumont, etc. Everywhere, the
j>eople were well pleased With the
course of lectures and entertainments;
and the worcls of praise from those
who attended were evidences of the
beneficial results of the work.
Already some excellent talent hps
been secured for ne*t summer and
things *re shaping themselves for a
r Cftattfuqua season thai)
was had last' summer.
Like all educational institutions of
the better sort. Southwestern has
and, honor council. This council
is not an organization seperate and
distinct from the ,student-body.
Rather it is a committee to which
the student body has delegated ex-
ecutive authorieur^fi cases of dis
honorable conduct, oecause of the
inconvenience and useless noteriety
that woifld go with the students as
a whole trying cases of this kind.
Yet some students, who are perfect-
ly honorable in their own conduct,
take the stand that it is none of
their business to report dishonorable
conduct to the Council. • .
This is^a wrong position. Cert
ainly no one wishes a degree from
an institution where cheating is.
allowed, and we certainly will have
cheating if all the students take an
indifferent position. The faculty
has turned the whole matter over
to the students. We should receive
it as a sacred trust. Put it on a
lower basis No one has a right to
secure his credits in a manner that
requires less work than is required
for artyone else. I
But above all the students should
be careful lest some one be falsely
accused. That would mean the
loss of that person's reputation, and
reputation ir not to be highly re-
garded. On the other hand, the
reputation of Southwestern has been
entrusted to our hands and the
reputation of the school is the rep-
utation of us all.
THE WOES OF WILLIE.
The year had gloomily begun
For Willie Weeks,a poor man's Sun.
He was best with bill and dun
And he had very little Mon.
"This cash," he said, "won't
pay my dues,
I've noth here but ones and Tues.
A bright thought struck him
and he said,
"The rich Miss Goldrocks I
will Wed."
But when he paid his court
to her
She lisped, but firmly said
"No, Thur-'f
"Alas!" said he, "Then I
must die."
His soul went where they
say souls Frf.
> I
They found hjs gloves and
* coat an
CREDIT TO WHOM CREDIT IS DUE.
While a great deal has been said
concerning the $1000,000 club, we
fear that not enough has been said
of the origination of the moeement.
It is not our /purpose to belittle
the work of any one. Everyone,
connected in the slightest way with
the movement, has acquitted himself
nobly. However, whatever credit
there is in starting the movement pro-
posing a definite plan, in being the first
to comply with the conditions ot the
plan, belongs to Dr. J. E. Harrison,
President of the San Antonio Fe
male College. Beside? all thie Dr.
Harrison has been most energetic in
keeping the movement before the
people. Although he has 1 been all
over the continent during the past
year, he has never failed to make a
weekly appeal for Southwestern
through the columns of the Christian
Advocate.
The launching of the one hun-
dred thousand dollar clpb is not the
beginning of Dr.< Harrison's work
fpr Southwestern. . Four years ago,
he was making appeals to the
Methodists of Texas to properly
provide for the needs of the Uni-
versity, both by public speeches and
published a tides. "Npt once 4ur*
ing this time have his efiurts iifc our
behalf relaxed. He has done all
this in spite of the fact that to a
certain extent our school is a com-
petitor of his. Nine 'rahs for
Harrison.
r
WHO'S WHO?
y '<' ; -if,. v« y. > •
And the corpner then; upon ,
u ■ . . Sit.
The papers tell you that there's war
in the air,' ■
That the eagle is screaming with
rage;
That the Japs are intending no war
to declare
Before starting a bloody rampage.
O, Hawaii is garrisoned wfth Nip-
pon's men!
And they've got all the plans of our
forts;
The Phillipine Islands are in peril
again,—
So go newspaper reports.
Teddy's showin' his teeth in lieu of
a smile,
The Jap's urbanity's a ruse;
For they bow and appeir not to
notfSe the while,
Our battleship's "go on a .cruise."
But there's one thing the j ress
shouldn't fail to tell,
Before the Jap eats the Melican
man;
T thing all ane asking, so tell it
well—
That's "Who in the 'ell is Japan?"
—Swall, T, C U, Skiff.
CULLED FROM EXCHANGES.
Texas University has a Lyceum
Course this year under the direction
ofjihe young ladies' literary societies.
The course consists of ten numbers.
The price for the first four hundred
season tickets has been fixed at
$1,50. When that number has
been sold the price will be advanced
to $2. 50. • '
The young ladits of T. C. U. are
receiving instruction in swimming,.
A Publication Society has been
founded at A. & ~M. The members
are the staffs of the "Longhorn"
and the "Battallion."
T. C. U. is inclined to blame the
officials for the score in their re-
cent foot ball game which resulted,
10-9 favor of Baylor. The decis-
ions have been protested upon- an
agreed statement of facts.
Baylor has the largest enrollment
of her history.
Miss Alma Edwards, a former
student here, js associate editor of
the Polytechnian.
ALUMNI NOTES.
Rev. Gaston Hartafield, A . B.
'05, was returned to Seguin station
by the West Texas Conference
which met in Yoakum last week.
Rev. J. Sam Barcus is attending
the Northwest Texas Conference at
Amarilo.
Rev. C. C. Young, A. B. '06'
will fill the appointment at First
St. Church, Austin this conference
year. %
R. D. Jones, A. B. '06, is quarter
master in the law department at the
State University.
W. L. Nelms, A M '04, is
attending Columbia University at
New Yorkt
J. M. Jones, A. B. '06, is quiz
master in the law department at
the State University.
D. C. Johnson, A. B. '05, is
professor of Science in Coraual In-
stitute at San Marcos.
Miss Elizabeth Runkle, A. B.
'07, is teaching in the Collegiate
Institute at San Angelo.
W. J. Stanford, A. B. '07, is
farming at Lorena, Texas.
W. L. Blackburn, A. B. '07, is
teaching in the Collegiate Insttute
at San Angelo.
E. R. Stanford, A. B. 'o7, i$f,
farming near Waco.
Wanted—To to know the name
of the young lady, dressed in white,
who sat in the gallery, front row,"
north side, last
Horace Potest.
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Clark, W. E. The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1907, newspaper, November 8, 1907; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400899/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Southwestern University.